Tennessee Health Insurance Coverage Status By Race and Ethnicity in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 89.93% of the population of Tennessee had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 6,076,473 people), and 10.07% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 680,094 people).
By Race: The following racial groups in Tennessee had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Some Other Race Alone racial group (34.80%), the American Indian and Alaska Native Alone racial group (16.81%), and the Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone racial group (14.04%).
By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in Tennessee had 8.14% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 30.62% of its population without a health insurance coverage.
The charts below show the percentage of each race and ethnicity's population with or without a health insurance coverage in Tennessee. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage for each race and ethnicity in Tennessee.
You can also see similar information for other states, and for the United States.
| Race | Num. of People With Health Insurance | Num. of People Without Health Insurance |
|---|---|---|
| Some Other Race Alone | 80099 | 42743 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native Alone | 12211 | 2467 |
| Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone | 3571 | 583 |
| Two Or More Races | 222663 | 35608 |
| Black or African American Alone | 973146 | 127764 |
| Asian Alone | 112657 | 12199 |
| White Alone | 4672126 | 458730 |
| Ethnicity | Num. of People With Health Insurance | Num. of People Without Health Insurance |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Hispanic White Alone | 4536374 | 401798 |
| Hispanic or Latino of All Races | 271247 | 119698 |